Power take-off device



All@ 23' 1927' H. J. RiAcH POWER TAKE-OFF DEVI CE Filed NOV. 24. 1922 f Il.' v. m

. ffrvws Patented Aug. 23, 1927.

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HENRY J. RIACH, or sT.- PAUL, -MINNEsomA., AssiGNon To GRANT WALDREF, or sT.

' PAUL, MINNESOTA.

POWER TAKE-OFF DEV-ICE.

Appiication filed November 24, 1922. serial No. 603,130.

My invention relates ,to improvementsfin power take-off devices, its object .bei-ng to supplyv a unitary structure of this nature, which is simple, durable and-efficient, the same supplying a hand-hole cover for a gear case and Va grease fill-er spout therefor.

A further object is to provide a power take-off device, a filler spout being incorpo`A rated in the housing thereof and supplying a lubricant gauge for a gear case with which the device isvassociated, also a lubricant bath for the take-off gearing.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear in the following description, the invention resides in the novel combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a longitudinal, central, sectional view of a device embodying my invention and Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional View thereof taken on the line 2'-2 of Fig. 1. u

Referring to the drawings, wherein similar reference characters have been used to indicate similar parts throughout the several views, itwill be observed that my improvement includes a unitary structure comprising a. shell-like body `merging into a plate 11 at the rear thereof and into a vspout ,12 at its forward side. The plate 11 is designed to cover a hand-hole, as at 13, in the casing 14 of a power transmitting mechanism indicated as at A in Fig. 1. The conduit 12FL in p the spout 12 communicates with a gear receiving space 10a in the body 10, the rearward portion of said conduit and the lower portion of said space being common one to the-other. The body of the spout 12 is inclined slightly upward toward the front of the device, the forward extremity of said spout being sharply upwardly inclined, as shown, and formed with a threaded opening 15 in the end thereof. A threaded plug 16 for closing the opening 15 in said spout is yond the boss 19 -to ,provide stock for coupling said shaft with associated mechanism. A packing gland 23 fitted in the end of the 'boss11i;nd aioiirid the shaft 22 co-acts with the bushing 21 to .prevent the leakage of oil about/said shaft. A gear 24 feathered on the of said shifter-yoke reaching into opposite sides of the groove 26in the collar 25. Said shaft 28 slides in a bearing 30 on the body 10, the inner end of the shaft having a slidy able support in a cap-like bearing 31 aligned with said bearing 30, while the outer end of said shaft 28 is equipped with a coupling eye 32 for attachment to a shifter rod or the like. A packing gland 33 fitted around the lshaft 28 and in the end of the bearing 30 prevents the leakage of oil about said shaft 28. i l 9 The plate 11 is formed with screw receiving openings 11"L at its margins and is adapted to be fastened against the side of a transmission caseby means of the screws 34 ordinarily employed in applying the usual hand-hole cover. The take-off gear 24 is Iproportioned and the shaft 22 located so that said gear 24may be thrown into and out of mesh with the gear 27 of the companion power transmitter. The spout 12 is arranged so that the lowermost point in the mouth 15 thereofvis located at the highest desired level of lubricant within the power transmitter. Being thusarranged, the spout 12 supplies a lubricantv gauge and overflow,

`which assists in maintaining the proper quantity of grease in the power transmitter and, in addition, said spout serves as a conltainer for lubricant into which the gear 24 dips. y

Among the advantageous features resident in my improved device, it will be remembered that said device may be conveniently substituted for the ordinary handhole cover of a transmission casing; that is supplies a filler spout and gauge for theA transmission casing with which it is env'r Tployed and that the take-E gearing is lubricated from the supply of grease contained in said spout.

Changes in the speoiiic form oi my invention, as herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

In combination with a transmission gear `anda gear easing' therefore having a hand opening in one side near the bottom thereof, a closure for said opening' forming a housing, a take-oft shaft journalecl in saidl 'housing a driven gear mounted on said shaft adapted to mesh with said transmission Crear said driven .ear beino arranfred Y b 5 b -I to oney side of said transmission Vgear with the lowerrnost portion thereof positioned gear and inelining towards saidhand opening for .successively conducting lubricant deposited therein from one gear tothe other, said neck being positioned below saidV takeoi shaft; Y'

AIn testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

HENRY J. RiAoH. 

